The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 1915
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
8:03 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -98
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 138.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.23° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.98° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.